Kanchana Chandran
- Senior Lecturer
Biography
Kanchana Chandran holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree (Hons) from University of London and a Degree of Master of Laws from University of Malaya. She was admitted as an Utter Barrister of the Honourable Society of Inner Temple, London in July 2012, a Solicitor of England & Wales in February 2008 and an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in April 1997. She has been exposed to both disputed and undisputed areas of practice which include among others negotiating sale and purchase agreements, tenancy agreements and terms of settlement. The disputed areas of practice range from banking litigation to premises claims and contract claims with a High Court trial experience as well as appearing before the Court of Appeal Malaysia (Appellate Jurisdiction). She has also attended to legal documentations for conveyancing (sale and transfer or assignment of real properties) involving transactions with developers (development project) as well as sub-sale of such real properties; attended to security documentations (charge and assignment/equitable mortgage) in favour of banks and other institutional lenders. She has also handled matters relating to registration of trademarks; submitting legal arguments in response to objections raised by the Registrar of Trademarks in relation to the registration of a trademark as well as handled matters relating to Wills and trusts.
On the academic front, Kanchana has tutored on Equity, Trust, Administration of Estates & Wills at the University of Malaya (UM). She has also taught at the Inti International University College on Constitutional Law, General Principles of Malaysian Law and Business Law. She is currently attached to the Centre for Commercial Law and Justice as a Senior Lecturer at Sunway Business School for the business degree programmes validated by Lancaster University.
Kanchana has taken a keen interest in Knowledge Management (KM) which involves the process of creating, sharing, using and managing knowledge within an organization. It combines several disciplines or skills that add value to an organization in achieving its objectives.
Academic & Professional Qualifications
- Certified Knowledge Manager (CKM), KM Institute, USA, October 2017
- CAP, Lancaster University, UK, November 2016
- Creativity, Innovation and Change, Pennsylvania State University, August 2016
- Certified ScrumMaster, Scrum Alliance, December 2015
- Barrister at Law, Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, London, July 2012
- Solicitor of England & Wales, February 2008
- Master of Laws, University of Malaya, August 2000
- Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya, April 1997
- Certificate in Legal Practice, April 1996
- Bachelor of Laws, University of London, August 1994
Research Interests
- Knowledge Management & Law
Teaching Areas
- Law
Courses Taught
- Law & Society
- Business & Hospitality Law
- Company Law
- Business Law
Notable Publications
Negligence-Non-Delegable Duty of Care, The Malaysian Perspective Chandran, K. And Chandran, K. , “Negligence-Non-Delegable Duty of Care, The Malaysian Perspective” Legal Network Series, MLJ Article Supplement [2017] 1 MLJ ci
A KM-driven Formative Assessment Framework to Problem-Solving for Law Academics Teaching First Year Non-Law Students Chandran, K., Sukumaran, S., & Chandran, K. . A KM-driven Formative Assessment Framework to Problem-Solving for Law Academics Teaching First Year Non-Law Students, 8thKnowledge Management International Conference (KMICe), 29-30 August, Chiang Mai, Thailand, School of Computing, College of Arts and Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, ISBN 978-967-0910-19-2
Critical Factors in Developing Knowledge Management Systems Sukumaran, S., Syed, M. & Chandran, K. . Critical Factors in Developing Knowledge Management Systems, 8thKnowledge Management International Conference (KMICe), 29-30 August, Chiang Mai, Thailand, School of Computing, College of Arts and Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, ISBN 978-967-0910-19-2
Law of Negligence – Duty of Care: Includes a non-delegable Duty of Care Chandran, K. And Chandran, K. , “Law of Negligence - Duty of Care: Includes a non-delegable duty to take care”, Legal Network Series, MLJ Article Supplement
Effectiveness of Blended Learning Approaches in Engaging Non-law Students to Study Law Chandran, K., Sukumaran, S. and Chandran, K. , 4th International Workshop, LTEC , Maribor, Slovenia, August 24-28, 2015, Proceedings, Springer International Publishing, ISBN: 978-3-319-22628-6 (Print) 978-3-319-22629-3 (Online), pp. 164-173
The Unspoken Requirements-Eliciting Tacit Knowledge as Building Blocks for Knowledge Management Systems Sukumaran, S. and Chandran, K. , The Unspoken Requirements – Eliciting Tacit Knowledge as Building Blocks for Knowledge Management System, 10th International Conference on Knowledge Management in Organizations, Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Springer International Publishing , ISBN: 978-3-319-21009-4 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-21009-4_3
Law of Negligence - Duty of Care – Does such duty encompass a non-delegable duty to take care Chandran, K. And Chandran, K. , “Law of Negligence - Duty of Care – Does such duty encompass a non-delegable duty to take care”, Legal Network Series, CLJ Bulletin, Issue 2014, Vol 23. 74
Law of Agency 'Law of Agency' in Trakic, A., Andrews, P.L., Ramasamy, N., Sum, C.Y., Murugan, S.B., Pullikutthyayanar, V., and Chandran, K., , Law for Business, Sweet & Maxwell Asia (Thomson Reuters), Malaysia.
Business Organisations Law 'Business Organisations Law' in Trakic, A., Andrews, P.L., Ramasamy, N., Sum, C.Y., Murugan, S.B., Pullikutthyayanar, V., and Chandran, K., , Law for Business, Sweet & Maxwell Asia (Thomson Reuters), Malaysia.
Knowledge Management Systems – The End of The Road?: Position Paper Sukumaran, S. and Chandran, K. , Knowledge Management Systems – The End of The Road?: Position Paper, 9th International Conference on Knowledge Management in Organizations: Knowledge Management to improve innovation and competitiveness through Big Data, Springer International Publishing, ISBN: 978-3-319-08617-0 (Print) 978-3-319-08618-7 (Online), pp. 186-194.
Knowledge Management Strategy using Activity Theory for a Law Firm Sukumaran, S, Chandran, K. And Chandran, K. , Knowledge Management Strategy using Activity Theory for a Law Firm, 8th International Conference on Knowledge Management in Organizations: Social and Big Data Computing for Knowledge Management, Springer Netherlands, ISBN: 978-94-007-7286-1 (Print) 978-94-007-7287-8 (Online), pp. 521-531.
A Roadmap for Requirements Elicitation of Knowledge Management Systems: A Delphi Study Sukumaran, S., Ramalingam, H., Lorna, U., Rahim, A., Chandran, K. , A Roadmap for Requirements Elicitation of Knowledge Management Systems: A Delphi Study (Editor: Tse Hou, H) Knowledge Management- New research on KM technology, United Kingdom, InTech Publishers, ISBN 979-953-307-744-3
Achievements & Accolades
Professional Associations
- Malaysia Inner Temple Alumni Association (MITAA)
Member
August 2013-present - The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, London
Member
July 2012-present - Law Society of England & Wales
On the Roll of Solicitors
Feb 2008-present
